For email, how can you read a blind courtesy copy (bcc)?

In response to last week's question, “For email, how can you read a blind courtesy copy (bcc)?,” my cousin Steve, recuperating from ACL surgery, figured it was not meant to be read but touched, like Braille, which my neighbor Al added, “Duh! Read it with your fingers.” My birthday bud Jon knew that it is done “with a touch screen.”

My dad’s birthday bud Bob said, “you need foresight.”

My temple friend Bill is able to read BCCs that say :.:…:.:::..:... which my birthday bud Adam knows is called “Braille mail.” My innovative friend Bob thought similarly, BCC “is actually Braille courtesy copy.”

…and my role model friend Sherri said “I thought the “cc” and “bcc” stood for “carbon copy” and “blind carbon copy.” Oh the fun I had explaining that to my 12 year old.”

My humorous colleague Chris explained, “Because the courtesy copy must be blind to everyone, this would mean that the courtesy copy doesn't want to be seen and therefore must have an attitude. To state this would mean that we are dealing with artificial intelligence that has an attitude! Everyone run for the hills!

My neighbor, Bob, the engineer, suggested, “Print it in Braille” although our other neighbor Dick “doesn’t do ‘blind copies’ because his printer doesn’t print in Braille.”

My friend Tracey realized “The copy is blind, not the reader. So it is the copy that might have trouble seeing the reader.”


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Why do lawyers restate the obvious by saying that they are 'Attorneys at Law'? Are they avoiding confusion with 'Attorneys at Fast Food Restaurants', 'Attorneys at Car Dealerships' or 'Attorneys at Math'? (from my friend Chris)

Live well…..laugh often….be happy…have a good week….

Do coffins have lifetime guarantees?

In response to last week's question, “Do coffins have lifetime guarantees?”, my birthday bud Jon and running friend Tony both agreed, “yes, but who is going to collect it?” My friend Richard noted that “yes, if it’s the end-user’s lifetime, and so far, no customer has complained, right?”

My friend Tracey was being practical when she thought about such a guarantee, “Would you ask for a refund or an exchange?”

My dad reminded me that our cousins, who are undertakers, know that people are dying to get in and they’ve never heard a complaint.”

My friend Gian, whose wife recently had their second child, “Coffins are for the livig; as far as the dead are concerned, they could be buried in Tupperware and they wouldn’t be upset. Think about it. If there is an afterlife outside of my corporeal being, I would be so stoked that I wouldn’t give a rat’s patootie what the living were doing with or to my body.”

Having written this, my dad’s beach buddy Bob concluded, “This has long since been put to rest as a dead issue! The end.”

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For email, how can you read a blind courtesy copy (bcc) ?

Live well…..laugh often….be happy…have a good week…..and celebrate Noah Webster’s 250th birthday this Sunday, 9/28, by making up a new word.

Hal

PS: To follow-up the prior week’s question, “can a person flunk a personality test?”, my dog rescue friend Kate noted that “in the old days, it would describe actuaries instead of CPAs. “ And another dog rescue friend, David, replied to Jodie’s concern about trying to assign black and white labels to people’s personalities, saying “There are colored labels, but they cost more.”

What does it mean if you flunk a personality test?

In response to last week's question, “What does it mean if you flunk a personality test?”, my attorney birthday bud Jon wrote, “It means you get your CPA license.” And my civil engineer neighbor Bob said it means “you are probably a good candidate to become an engineer.“ My dad’s beach buddy Bob added, “You must be a very high achiever.”

My dad, an engineer who is loved for his personality, observed that “Everyone has a personality maybe good and maybe bad, but who are we to determine this?” My hard to categorize, home brewing, Internet TV friend Jodie, “The tests are multiple choice answers, each of which puts you into some pre-defined personality category or label. We humans are forever trying to turn our wonderfully rich, colorful world into black and white labels.”

When all is said and done, it was my neighbor Dick who left me thinking, when he wrote, “I'm more worried about people who score marginally...are they Jekyll or are they Hyde?”

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Do coffins have lifetime guarantees?

Live well…..laugh often….be happy…have a good week.

Why is it that it’s good to score under par in golf but it’s bad to be “under par” in anything else?"

In response to last week's question, “Why is it that it’s good to score under par in golf but it’s bad to be “under par” in anything else?”, my cousin Wes approaches golf from the “value perspective -- lowest cost per stroke. Therefore I plan to be over-par in everything including golf!”

Many of my business and personal friends are like my videographer friend Ivan, who wrote, “My golf score and my bowling score are usually the same, so I don't think I am qualified to answer this week’s question.”

My humorous friend Royce wrote, "Under par" is a means to justify and glorify grown men spending hours chasing a little white ball around a very big lawn.” To this, Ivan added, “Golf is the sport that uses the smallest, least expensive ball and has the largest, most expensive playing field, so who can reason with anything golf-related?"

My dad’s beach buddy Bob observed, “If you are under par in golf, you have to be a good putter. On the days you feel under par, at least you can reminisce about the good days while you putter around.”

My college roomie John wrote that the pharma commercials, car ads and self help books make me feel ‘under par.’ Thank goodness for beer ads and fast food ads.”

Please share your thoughts about "things that make you go 'Hmmm' ":

What does it mean if you flunk a personality test?
(courtesy of my budding author friend Kathleen)

Live well…..laugh often….be happy…have a good week.

Hal

"Golf is like a perfectly good walk, ruined!" --Mark Twain (also from Ivan)

When French people swear, do they say pardon my English?

In response to last week's question, “When French people swear, do they say pardon my English?”, my birthday bud Jon wrote, “No. The French language does not provide for that level of humility.” My worldly friend Richard added, “The French do NOT swear. The French also do not perspire, complain, yield to threats from other nations, or behave or speak in an arrogant manner. The French are perfect, monsieur.”

My Silicon Valley birthday bud Adam agreed, “No, no, they say pardon my French - very important to respect their own language.” My friend Royce added, “ ‘Pardon’ has the same meaning in English as in French. To paraphrase Jimi Hendrix "pardonnez-moi tandis que j'embrasse le ciel."

My college roomie John realized that he does say “pardon my French” when his vocalization begins with another “F” word. Jon wrote, “It would make sense if the French had an “E” swear word that they would substitute with “pardon my English.”

When all is said and done, my dad’s beach buddy noted that the French simply yell, “Sacrebleu.”

Please share your thoughts about "things that make you go 'Hmmm' ":

Why is it that it’s good to score under par in golf but it’s bad to be “under par” in anything else?

Live well…..laugh often….be happy…have a good week.

Hal

Relevant quotes from Richard, who admittedly has a connection with the defense industry:
· “War without France would be like .. uh ... World War II.” - Unknown
· "Raise your right hand if you like the French ... Raise both hands if you are French." – Unknown
"It is important to remember that the French have always been there when they needed us." - Alan Kent
"Going to war without the French is like going into battle without an accordion." - U. S. Army Gen. Norman H. Schwartzkopf (Ret.)